Spera District is situated in the most southwestern part ofKhost Province,Afghanistan. It borders withPaktia Province to the south and west,Shamal District to the north. The district is within the heartland of theZadran tribe ofPashtuns.[1] To the east it bordersNadir Shah Kot andTani districts as well asKhyber Pakhtunkhwa inPakistan. The population of Spera District is around 21,500 people. The district center is the village ofSpera, situated in the central part of the district.
On 16 April 2022,Pakistani airstrikes targeted several villages in Spera District, including Afghan-Dubai, Pasa Mela, Mir Sapar, Mandata, and Kanai, and struck refugee camps belonging tointernally displaced persons fromWaziristan, killing at least 41 people, mainly women and children, and wounding 22 others.[2][3][4][5][6]
Spera was one of the districts most affected by the2022 Afghanistan earthquake. Approximately 500 homes were destroyed, and 40 people were killed, with 95 others injured in the district.[7][8] Many houses constructed primarily of mud and wood were razed to the ground.[7] Heavy rain and the earthquake contributed to landslides that destroyed entirehamlets.[9]
In August 2022, new "earthquake-resistant houses" began to be constructed in the district for victims of the earthquake.[10] The project involves the establishment of 300 houses here and 2,000 homes in both theGayan andBarmal districts of neighboringPaktika Province.[10]
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